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Germany mulls greater military presence in Africa

Germany's defence minister Ursula von der Leyen on Sunday said Berlin should dispatch more military trainers to Mali and support the French in the Central African Republic, reports AFP. Germany is set to increase its personnel in Mali from 180 to 250 and provide medical relief services to CAR.

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Two years on from the highly-controversial EU-Turkey deal, many thousands of refugees are still trapped on Greek islands. One of them offers an open invitation to EU leaders to see their inhospitable conditions at the Moria refugee camp on Lesbos.

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The controversy over the new EU Commission top civil servant is revealing of what is wrong with EU institutions and how they are blocked by national governments, says award-winning Austrian novelist Robert Menasse.